Indonesia stocks lower at close of trade; IDX Composite Index down 0.46%

Investing.com – Indonesia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Infrastructure , Financials and Agriculture sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Jakarta, the IDX Composite Index fell 0.46%.

The best performers of the session on the IDX Composite Index were Multi Garam Utama Tbk PT (JK:FOLK ), which rose 34.00% or 17.00 points to trade at 67.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Bumi Teknokultura Unggul Tbk (JK:BTEK ) added 33.33% or 1.00 points to end at 4.00 and Sona Topas Tourism Industry (JK:SONA ) was up 24.81% or 960.00 points to 4,830.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Artha Mahiya Investama Tbk PT (JK:AIMS ), which fell 21.29% or 132.00 points to trade at 488.00 at the close. Bank Agris Tbk (JK:AGRS ) declined 21.10% or 23.00 points to end at 86.00 and Jhonlin Agro Raya PT Tbk (JK:JARR ) was down 20.41% or 80.00 points to 312.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Jakarta Stock Exchange by 371 to 222 and 239 ended unchanged.

Shares in Sona Topas Tourism Industry (JK:SONA ) rose to 52-week highs; up 24.81% or 960.00 to 4,830.00.

Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.67% or 1.18 to $71.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.53% or 1.15 to hit $76.11 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.71% or 19.30 to trade at $2,748.70 a troy ounce.

USD/IDR was down 0.33% to 15,587.35, while AUD/IDR rose 0.02% to 10,377.12.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 104.09.

Source: Investing.com